Trinitromethyl 2, 4-dinitrophenyl sulfide



United States Patent "ice emehuittilii Example gflg O N A solution of 5.16 g. of the silver salt of trinitro- SULFIDE methane in 100 ml. of ether is added to a solution of Howard Hageman, Englewood N assigmlt 4.68 g. of 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfenyl chloride in 100 ml.

United States Rubber Company, New York, N.Y., a 5 of ether, causing the immediate precipitation of silver 1 corporation of New Jersey chloride. The solution is filtered and evaporated to dry-' N0 Drawillg- Film? J1me 1951, 233,631 ness. The residueis recrystallized from a mixture of 1 Clalm- 260-699) chloroform and cyclohexane, giving 5.0 gm, or 72% yield,

of trinitromethyl 2,4-dinitrophenyl sulfide, a yellow solid This invention relates to a new compound, tnmtromelting at C. The new compound detonates mam-1y methyl "P: sulfide- This new compound is on being struck with a hammer, and burns with a brilliant useful as an explosive and/or propellant. flash The said new compound is made by reacting the sllver Analysis:

salt of trinitromethane with 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfenyl chloride, preferably is equimolar amounts, in an inert C aled. for Found, solvent. Silver chloride precipitates 1mmed1ately, and 1s O7H3NEOWS, percent removed conveniently by filtration. The desired product Percent is easily isolated by evaporation of the solvent, followed by recrystallization of the residue from an appropriate g zffig 2 1.2 solvent. The trinitromethyl 2,4-dinitrophenyl sulfide 1s Nitr0gen 20I1 1818 thus obtained in high yield. sulfur 9.2 8.6

The reaction takes place as follows:

The agreement between the observed and the calculated values is satisfactory considering the difiiculty of analyzl ing polynitro compounds containing sulfide sulfur. Nitrogen and sulfur analyses are usually somewhat below the OIN G 61+ Agomom theoretical values, and carbon and hydrogen correspondingly above.

I claim:

1 OzN-OS-(XNOM AgCl Trinitromethyl 2,4-dinitrophenyl sulfide.

References Cited in the file of this patent The following example discloses a method of making Buckley et al.: J. Chem. Soc. (London), pp. 1477-1481 my new compound. 4 (1947). 

